Walk Brown Clee Hill from Cleobury North

Shropshire's highest point

This 6½ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Cleobury North in the Shropshire Hills & will take you about 3½ hrs to complete.

 

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Vital Statistics:

Walk No.: sh101
Length: 6½ miles (10.5km)
Ascent: 1152 ft (351m)
Time: 3½ hours
Grade: Walk Grade 4 (Moderate) Icon

Route outline for this walk:

Cleobury North  -  Stanbroughs Wood  -  Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf)  -  The Shropshire Way  -  Sandy Nap  -  Monkeys Fold  -  Green Lea  -  Brown Clee Hill (Clee Burf)  -  Chapelwod Farm  -  Wallermoore Wood  -  Harewood  -  Cleobury North


Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf) at 540m (1772ft). Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf) is also known as an English Dewey (93rd highest in England, 212th in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (66th highest in England, 895th highest in the UK). The summit of Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf) is the highest point in the county of Shropshire

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Brown Clee Hill (Clee Burf) at 508m (1667ft). Brown Clee Hill (Clee Burf) is also known as an English Dewey (165th highest in England, 381st in England & Wales)

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Shropshire Way, a 224km (139 miles) circular footpath starting and finishing in Wem in Shropshire, England. The Shropshire Way is waymarked by a buzzard motif. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Shropshire Way.


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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer 217 The Long Mynd & Wenlock Edge


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 138 Kidderminster & Wyre Forest


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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Brown Clee Hill from Cleobury North

In no particular order . . .

Looking towards Malvern from Brown Clee Hill

Looking towards Malvern from Brown Clee Hill

Photo: David Harker (1)

View down towards Cockshutford from Brown Clee Hill (Clee Burf)

View down towards Cockshutford from Brown Clee Hill (Clee Burf)

Photo: Bruce McDowell (5)

Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf) summit ruins

Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf) summit ruins

Photo: Bruce McDowell (2)

Cleobury North church

Cleobury North church

Photo: Bruce McDowell (9)

The view from Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf)

The view from Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf)

Photo: Nicola James (1)

Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf) summit

Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf) summit

Photo: Bruce McDowell (3)

Brown Clee Hill (Clee Burf) summit

Brown Clee Hill (Clee Burf) summit

Photo: Bruce McDowell (7)

Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf) from Brown Clee Hill (Clee Burf)

Brown Clee Hill (Abdon Burf) from Brown Clee Hill (Clee Burf)

Photo: Bruce McDowell (6)

Track back up Brown Clee Hill

Track back up Brown Clee Hill

Photo: Bruce McDowell (8)

Looking towards Bridgenorth from Brown Clee Hill at sunset

Looking towards Bridgenorth from Brown Clee Hill at sunset

Photo: David Harker (2)


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